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There are concerns that with digital-only systems replacing analogue landlines, the villagers could be cut off in an emergency.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Rakhine has suffered some of the direst conditions in the war, largely cut off from the rest of Myanmar.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Proponents hold that estrangement is being destigmatized, not necessarily happening more often, and that it can be needed and healing for adult children to cut off parents they deem harmful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The image is at once hokey and compelling, suggesting in unwieldy terms that the monster Hansen has been chasing is like a Hydra: cut off its head, and it’ll regenerate with two more.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

They spend their entire lives there, cut off from society.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Agathe Chateau Frilloux sprinted down a long road parallel to the Champs Elysee, her daughter and son running close behind, only just making it to their designated gate before the set cut-off time.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

On schist foundations, cautious engineers knew to build in safety features like a series of cut-off trenches and drainage pipes — a step Mulholland had neglected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

"There was no chance that the game was going to restart before the cut-off time."

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

And last month he unveiled his production of “Death of a Salesman,” perhaps the most anticipated opening in the April crush before the Tony Award eligibility cut-off date.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

I picked up their bags and went to get the buns, my head throbbing from the cut-off argument with Ba.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu